Looking At Scripts

Today we began to analyze what makes a good script and what doesn't.

Here are what we went through:

Looking at a plot and subplot

What's plot and what's sub plot?

Plot- Goal/Purpose

Subplot- small stories running parallel.

A1---2---3--B -> this is known as the highway mindmap

3 Act Structure

Act I : Ask Question

Act II: Answer Question

Act III: Resolve Issue.

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(above is a 'graph')

Life lessons- All stories are character driven.

Stereotype- localized to cultural conditioning

Archetype- universal character recognized in any culture.

Theme